Wall construction



E. A. HEYER WALL CONSTRUCTION Nov. 17, 1925. 1,562,233V

Filed July 9, 1925 a K TST; "fl Z 4 c o |s s c l WITNESSES INVENTOR Maa/ry Y ATTORNEYS Patented Nov. 17, 19275.

To all whom i?? may concern.

V*Be it kno'vvn that I, EDWARD A. IIEYER, a citizen of the United States, 'and a resident 'ot' the city of New York, borough of Man hattan, in the county and State o New York, have invented a new and Improved lVall Construction, ot which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. y

This invention relates to ivall construction and method of making the same, and more speciiically to an improved enameled sheet metal construction forming a portion of the Wall and serving as a substitute for tile 'Wainscotting and the like so that the sur tace or Wall will be entirely waterproofA and be constructed at relatively low cost.

A further object is to provide an improved wall construction embodying novel steps in the method oi consti-notion, all ot' which will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a vieiv in elevation showing the ivall in the course of construction, parts being broken away to illustrate other parts;

Figure 2 is a view in longitudinal section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a view in front elevation showing one section of the Wall completed and the other portion of the Wall partially completed;

Figure Ll is a fragmentary view in section on the line 4 4 oit Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure il, taken on the line 5 5 of Figure 3.

vIn constructing my improved wall I employ ordinary studs 1 with lathes 2 nailed thereon. To the lathes 2 I nail horizontal .stri )s 3 and vertical strips 4: of Wood er anaiogous material. These strips 3 and 4; are oi a thickness or depth equal to the thickness ot' plaster' 5 which is then placed onv the ivall and is flush with the strips 3 and L These strips 3 and l I shall hereinafter refer to as supporting strips in order to distinguish them from the other strips which are used.

If my improvements are to be secured to a brick or stone wall, the supporting strips 3 and 4 may be affixed thereto in any approved manner.

On these supporting strips 3 and 4 I secure metal plates 6 having their vertical adjacent edges slightly spaced apart and secured to vertical strips 4; With the up WALL CONSTRUCTION. Y y

l. 1,56z,z33 UNITED STATE-'s PATENT'oFFici;;-

EDWARD AUGUSTHEYER, OFNEW YORK, N. Y. V

Application inea muy 9, 1925. ,serial p. 42,535.

per and lower ends of theplates 6 secured to the supporting strips yThese metal platesare preferably .enameled and may be' whiteorany other color, andinaybe ornamented inany desiredimanner. y n

Over-"the adjacent vertical edges of the plates 6 I secure strips 7, which are preferably of rubber or other analogous material so as to renderthe joints water-tight.l

These strips 7 at their upper and Vlower edges are preferably of general V-shape, as shown at 8, and fit in correspondingly shaped recesses 9 in horizontal strips 10,

ivhich cover the upper and loweredges, re-

spectively', of plates 6.

Over thesev rubber strips 7 I locate vertical covering strips 11, which are preferably of metal and which are secured in` place,ipreferably, by screws or ,other attaching devices 12, which are projected through the metal strips 11, through the rubber strips 7 between the edges of plates 6 and into the supporting strips 4.

Strips 13, similar to the strips 11, cover the horizontal strips 9 but are appreciably shorter, and coupling plates 14 of metal enclose the adjacent ends of the strips 11 and 13 and form an ornamental finish to the design.

'Ihese plates and metal strips may be colfr ored and ornamented, enameled and other- Wise constructed so as to give the desired appearance, but it is to be understood that the purpose of the Wall is to give an imitation tile, or what may correspond to a tile or Waterproof Wainscoting, for any use to which such a construction may be put.

The metal strips 11 not only cover the rubber strips 7 but they exert sufficient pressure thereon so as to render the juncture of the parts entirely watertight and also prevent the passage of Water bugs and other ed at an angle to each other, metal plates' Secured te Said Strips and .spaced apart at their edges7 strips of flexible inaterial secured over the meeting edges of the plates and at the ends of the plates, and metal strips covering the flexible strips and secured to the plates thereover.

f2. A Wall construction7 including horizontal and vertical supporting strips, plates secured at their ends and side edges tothe respective supportingstrips, rubber strips covering all of the meeting edges of all of the plates and having tongue and recess juncture between the Vertical and horizontal rubber strips, and metal strips enclosing the rubber strips. Y

3. A Wall construction7 including horizonm A vreleases tal and vert-ical support-ing strips, lplates secured at their ends and side edges to the respective supporting strips, rubber strips covering all of the meeting edges of all of the plates and having tongue and recess juncture between the vertical and horizontal rubber strips, metal strips covering the vertical strips and the horizontal strips, and inetal coupling nieinbers at the juncture of the horizontal and the vertical metal strips, and securing devices projected through the nietal strips andthe rubber strips and into the supporting l strips.

EDWARD AUGUST HEYER. 

